Title: A broadband Sierpinski gasket-shaped triangular dielectric resonator antenna for X-band

Authors: Dipali Soren; Rowdra Ghatak; R.K. Mishra; D.R. Poddar

Addresses: E & TC Department, M.P.C.C. of Engineering and Technology, Bhilai, India ' ECE Department, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, West Bengal, India ' Electronic Science Department, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, India ' ETCE Department, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abstract: In this work, a wideband Sierpinski gasket patterned equilateral triangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) operating in the X-Band is proposed. This DRA is realised using Teflon. Its resonance and radiation characteristics are discussed. The resonance characteristics of Sierpinski gasket triangular DRA of first iteration and second iteration are reported that show an improvement in impedance bandwidth. An impedance bandwidth of 40% is obtained covering the entire X-band with similar radiation pattern throughout the band. The average peak gain within the band is about 6.5 dBi.

Keywords: wideband DRA; dielectric resonator antenna; fractal; Sierpinski gaskets; broadband; X-band; resonance characteristics; radiation characteristics; impedance bandwidth; average peak gain.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSISE.2013.051505

International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering, 2013 Vol.6 No.1, pp.31 - 37

Received: 05 Feb 2011
Accepted: 15 Apr 2011
Published online: 20 Jan 2013 *

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